3200 Harbor Street ~ Pittsburg, CA 94565

Phone: 925-432-6404 Email: office@goodshepherdpittsburg.org

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One Flock, One Family, Living and Sharing the Love of Christ

WE

WISH YOU A

MERRY CHRISTMAS

& HAPPY NEW YEAR

2021

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The Holy Family In the ambience of joy that is typical of Christmas, we celebrate this Sunday; the Feast of the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. The family of Nazareth brings us the light of hope, Luke says: “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him” The family nucleus of Je-sus, Mary and Joseph is for every believer, and especially for families, an authentic lesson of the Gospel. Here we admire the fulfillment of the divine plan to make the family a special community of life and love. Here we learn that every Christian family nucleus is called to be a domestic church, to make evangelical virtues shine and become a ferment of good in soci-ety. One of the typical features of the Sagrada Familia are: gathering and prayer, mutual under-standing and respect, spirit of sacrifice, work, and solidarity. From the example and testimony of the Holy Family, our families can draw precious aid for lifestyle and life choices, and they can draw strength and wisdom for our daily journey. The true joy experienced in the family is not a casual and fortuitous thing. It is a joy that is the fruit of deep harmony among people, which makes us like the beauty of being together, of sustaining each other on the path of life, and that is always linked to the presence of God, his welcoming and merciful love. If the family's door to God's presence and love is not opened, the family loses harmony, indi-vidualisms prevail, and joy is extinguished. On the other hand, the family that lives the joy, the joy of life, the joy of faith, communicates it spontaneously, is salt of the earth and light of the world, is yeast for the whole society. Luke speaks to us in the gospel of two older people, Simeon and Anne who were in the tem-ple waiting to see the Messiah one day. They were waiting for its end, but they hoped that before they left, they would see the Messiah. Hope is the true elixir of our faith, in it we put our lives before God to guide us in our walk; "while there is life there is hope"; but even truer is the opposite: "while there is hope there is life." I invite you to look at the center of your family, how you communicate, if there is mutual respect, if there is humility, if there is understanding, if there is tenderness and if there is peace. Let us im-itate the family of Nazareth and put our hope in that God who became human with the name of Je-sus to give us all his love, tenderness, and mercy. Live the family, live the domestic church! Deacon Gustavo

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Sagrada Familia En el clima de alegría que es propio de la Navidad, celebramos este domingo la fiesta de la Sagrada Familia, José, María y Jesús. La familia de Nazaret nos trae la luz de la esperanza, Lucas dice: “El niño iba creciendo y for-taleciéndose, se llenaba de sabiduría y la gracia de Dios estaba con Él.” El núcleo familiar de Jesús, María y José es para todo creyente, y en especial para las familias, una auténtica escue-la del Evangelio. Aquí admiramos el cumplimiento del plan divino de hacer de la familia una comunidad especial de vida y amor. Aquí aprendemos que todo núcleo familiar cristiano está llamado a ser iglesia doméstica, para hacer resplandecer las virtudes evangélicas y llegar a ser fermento de bien en la sociedad. Unos de los rasgos típicos de la Sagrada Familia son: recogimiento y oración, mutua com-prensión y respeto, espíritu de sacrificio, trabajo y solidaridad. Del ejemplo y del testimonio de la Sagrada Familia, nuestras familias pueden extraer ayudas preciosas para el estilo y las opciones de vida, y pueden sacar fuerza y sabiduría para el ca-mino nuestro de cada día. La verdadera alegría que se experimenta en la familia no es algo casual y fortuito. Es una ale-gría que es fruto de la armonía profunda entre las personas, que hace gustar la belleza de estar juntos, de sostenernos mutuamente en el camino de la vida, y que siempre está unida a la pre-sencia de Dios, su amor acogedor y misericordioso. Si no se abre la puerta de la familia a la presencia de Dios y a su amor, la familia pierde la ar-monía, prevalecen los individualismos y se apaga la alegría. En cambio, la familia que vive la alegría, la alegría de la vida, la alegría de la fe, la comunica espontáneamente, es sal de la tie-rra y luz del mundo, es levadura para toda la sociedad. Lucas nos habla en el Evangelio de dos personas de edad, Simeón y Ana que estaban en el templo esperando ver algún día al Mesías, ellos estaban ya esperando su fin, pero tenían la es-peranza de que antes de irse verían al Mesías. La esperanza es el verdadero elixir de nuestra fe, en ella ponemos nuestra vida ante Dios para que nos guie en nuestro caminar; “mientras hay vida hay esperanza”; pero, todavía más verdadero es lo contrario: “mientras hay espe-ranza hay vida”. Les invito a que miremos el centro de nuestra familia, cómo nos comunicamos, hay respeto mutuo, hay humildad, hay comprensión, hay ternura y hay paz. Imitemos a la familia de Na-zaret y pongamos nuestra esperanza en ese Dios que se hizo humano con el nombre de Jesús para darnos todo su amor, ternura y misericordia. ¡Viva la familia, viva la iglesia domestica! Diácono Gustavo

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The Parish Office is operating virtually

during the pandemic.

We will answer your phone calls and

emails as soon as possible.

In order for our priests and parish staff to enjoy the holidays with their families the parish

office will be closed from Tuesday, December 23, 2020 to Sunday, January 3, 2021. It will be reopened Monday, January 4th, 2021.

New Year Eve –Thursday

Vigil Mass: Mary, Mother of God, Mass @ 5:30 p.m. – Livestream

New Year Day – Friday Solemnity of Mother of God– Holy Day of Obligation

Masses: 8:00 a.m.- livestream & 10:00 a.m. (in the garden & livestream)

ARE YOU BEING CALLED TO THE DIACONATE? Classes will be starting in the Diocese of Oakland.  For more infor-mation, interested men and their wives are invited to attend one 

of the following information meetings on Zoom  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8745798692  

or by phone at 1-408-638-0968, Meeting ID:  874 579 8692# Tuesdays from 7-8 pm on January 19 or 26, 2021 

or Saturdays from 11 am-Noon on January 16, 23 or 30, 2021 

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Hello Everyone, We are selling this Bible Diary for $20 each. This book can become your spiritual companion for the year 2021 each time you go to Mass or pray at home. It has almost every-thing needed to enrich your faith. It features all traditional Catholic prayers. It has family prayers, pray-ers before and after meetings, etc. It has a liturgical calendar, has daily readings and reflections on the read-ings. This book is a perfect Mass com-panion for you. We have around 70 books left. Please buy one for you or as a Christmas gift for your loved ones and support our parish. Books will be on sale at 10am and 12pm Mass on Sundays or contact Tammy Vo at 925-698-4559 to order any time.

BEAUTIFUL CLOTH MASKS FOR SALE!

Donated by the Padre Pio Ministry Wouldn’t you love a colorful

mask that expresses your faith or celebrates the season?

Masks are on sale for just $10 each or 3 for $25 outside of

mass today. Buy one for yourself or give one

as a gift!

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ZOOM MEETING DISCUSSION ON FRATELLI TUTTI As you know, on Oct 4, the Feast Day of St. Francis, our Holy Father issued the new encycli-cal called Fratelli Tutti– All Brothers. The encyclical calls us to love and care for one another as a human family. There are 8 chapters in the encyclical. We, Church of the Good Shepherd, are going to open an online forum to read and discuss this papal letter via the ZOOM Meeting format. We will meet once a week on Thursdays at 7pm. Here is the ZOOM link: https://zoom.us/j/98655845021?pwd=UnhxT2V0Vjh4VHRLczhKbGpwUUF6QT09 There is no need to register for the forum. Make sure you read the encyclical. Here is the link. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-10/pope-francis-fratelli-tutti-introduce-angelus-fraternity-friend.html

T H A N K Y O U !!!!!

A sincere and heartfelt THANKS to EVERYONE who worked so hard

putting up lights, arranging flowers and decorating the parish for

Christmas! It brings such joy in such a difficult

time.

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NEW REGULAR WEEKDAY & WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Monday - Friday

7:30am - Livestream Only Saturday

8:00am; 5:30pm Vigil – Livestream Only Sunday

8:00am - Relivestream 5:30pm Mass 10:00am (in the garden) - Livestream 12pm (in the garden) - Livestream 3pm (Spanish) - Livestream Only

Communion Drive through communion after each Mass in front of the church.

Adoration Livestream Fridays 8am – 9am

Confession Tuesdays 6-7pm (During Advent Only)

Fridays 8am-9am Saturdays 4:00pm – 5:00pm

or by appointment

ALL MASSES ARE LIVESTREAMED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd, Pittsburg, CA

Our very own Holy Family!

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Mass Intentions December 28-January 3

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS

Isaiah 60:1-6, Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2: 1-12

Building Fund

NEXT SUNDAY’S 2ND COLLECTION

Mon 7:30 am Asieolo Ardales † #

Tue 7:30 am Vicente Arellano † #

Wed 7:30 am Dante Borromeo #

Thu 7:30 am Capupus Family * 5:30 pm For the People *

Fri 8:00 am Living & Deceased Members Of the Calone & Rodella Families * 10 am Sery Razo † Birthday & Romeo & Sery Razo Wedding Anniversary *

Sat 8:00 am Teresita Abapo †* Capupus Family

Sat 5:30 pm Rene C. Plata† *

Sun 8:00 am Stephanie Perez † *

10 am Frances Ferrante Thomas † *

12 pm Birthday of Jimmy Roberts

3 pm For the People of the Parish Capupus Family

*=Fr. Thi, #=Fr. Helmut ^=Fr. Arturo Cadenas

Parish Staff Fr. Thi Van Hoang, Parochial Administrator 925-432-6404 Ext. 11 frthihoang@goodshepherdpittsburg.org Deacon Gustavo Escruceria 925-432-6404 Ext. 23 Deacon.gustavo@goodshepherdpittsburg.org Grace Yvette Ripoli, Business Manager 925-432-6404 Ext. 12 yvette@goodshepherdpittsburg.org Carmen Esquivel, Parish Secretary 925-432-6404 Ext. 19 carmen@goodshepherdpittsburg.org Dina Russell, Religious Education Coordinator 432-6404 Ext 21 dina@goodshepherdpittsburg.org Aylin Gonzalez, Faith Formation (Spanish Speaking) 925-432-6404 Ext. 20 aylin@goodshepherdpittsburg.org

This Christmas 16 families will have a nice dinner and

many gifts for their children due to the generosity

of our parish! You donated 170 gift cards!

May God bless you all a hundred fold!

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Out of three bids for the front black iron fence that we sent to the Diocese, they chose and ap-proved the following option. Our hope is to get this fence built as soon as possible for the pro-tection of our church properties. We would like to ask if you can help us with any $$$ amount so we can get this project done. Thank you so much. WE ALSO WISH TO THANK AN ANONYMOUS DONOR WHO GAVE US $7,500 FOR THIS PURPOSE! God is good, all the time!